AstroStan: This fractious age has yet another division for endless arguments, lectures, insults, and so on (and on and on):

Zoomers vs Primers!

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Well, you can contribute to the phenomenon or dampen with each post. Several of the older members use the Brit term Horses For Courses, which is true. As an equipment forum, this is a community of widely different perspectives, attitudes, needs, backgrounds, etc. Posters are only human.

I find the Ignore button quite useful for dampening this effect, at least on my reading.

OlyPent: Anyone notice a common theme in all the lens testing done, where the problems are?"Decentering" especially with fast lenses with elements with steep curves. Maybe it's time for mfg's to work on the mounting of these lenses, to create something not so prone to allowing lens decentering? Compensating mountings, or using better materials that can allow for closer contact with the lenses but not allow binding (aluminum and glass have different coefficients of expansion) if temperatures change in use.

Great point! It leaves me wondering if lens size might become chosen to target a sweet spot between speed and reliable centering.

Irakly Shanidze: While being scientifically sound, this blog article does not address factors contributing to the image rendering other than sharpness. Take the same picture with 2/50 Zeiss Planar and Leica Summicron lenses at f/5.6, and images will look different, albeit equally sharp.

Agreed, except for your closing word "unfortunately." Our community has both Artists and Engineers, and each posting enriches the discussion to one degree or another, but rarely balanced between the perspectives.

lambert4: The offset mount to shift weight to a lower area is nice. I use the capture pro and like it but with a larger lens it does tilt anddig into my chest. I havealso used it as a QR on my monopod and its convenient. Could be a nice set up.

I wonder if you could do the same thing with the capture pro, using a strip of leather and a snap. Wrap the strip over your belt, stap in closed with a two inch tongue hanging down, then hang the capture pro on the tongue.

From the perspective of an admitted "lazy" and "total amateur" photographer the pairing values make sense. Saves me from ploughing through the minutiae (yup, "lazy") offered by the "pros" (yup again, "total amateur") just looking for good matches with my next buy.